Category: Longest Walk
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Kunming
Walking Sichuan and Yunnan
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From the Tibetan Highlands Down into the Forests of Sichuan
Deutsch unten – täglicher Bericht auf Polarsteps! 中文下边 – Polarsteps 每日报告 ! 1 August to 5 September 2026 August 2026 became one of the most varied stretches of my journey so far. Within just a few weeks, the landscape changed from the vast Tibetan highlands, with their grasslands, yaks and monasteries, to deeply carved, densely forested valleys. I…
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Beyond the Gobi – From the Desert to the Yellow River
Deutsch unten – täglicher Bericht auf Polarsteps! 中文下边 – Polarsteps 每日报告 ! „After the lonely weeks in the Gobi, I treated myself to a long-overdue rest day in Liuyuan. Even more than the break, I looked forward to seeing Guang and Sonja again. Sonja had travelled all the way from Switzerland to accompany me for a stretch of…
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Abrupt End in Mongolia 
Deutsch unten – täglicher Bericht auf Polarsteps! 中文下边 – Polarsteps 每日报告 ! I had barely finished writing the last passage when something happened that would turn my entire journey upside down. Guang and I had just entered Mongolia and were looking forward to a two-month trek across the country. We had even encouraged some friends to join us…
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A 30th Anniversary Walk to the Mongolian Border
Deutsch unten – täglicher Bericht auf Polarsteps! 中文下边 – Polarsteps 每日报告 ! We tried to leave the giant behemoth of Ürümqi on foot. Without realizing it, we became caught up in a police dragnet. The whole city was searching for us, and it was only in the evening, while we were already looking for a hotel, that the…
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22 km Not Walked: Crossing Borders and Deserts on a 15,600 km Journey to Ürümqi
Deutsch unten – täglicher Bericht auf Polarsteps! 中文下边 – Polarsteps 每日报告 ! Monday, May 11, 2026 – Ürümqi (乌鲁木齐市), Xinjiang Province, China 🇨🇳 Total kilometers walked: 15,615 Daily average: 39 km Days walked: 400 Days since journey began in Portugal: 441 Rest days: 41 Countries walked through: 24 Distance not covered on foot: 22 km (multiply by 1.609…
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Across the Roof of Central Asia: A Hiker’s Diary of Pain, Kindness, and 15,000 Kilometres
Walk from Bishkek to China
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Along the Tianshan Mountains
Deutsch & Bilder unten – täglicher Bericht auf PolarSteps! 中文和照片下边 – PolarSteps 每日报告 ! I’ll keep this relatively short because I’m afraid that longer posts won’t be read. If you’d like more detailed information, you’re welcome to read my diary on Polarsteps. In this blog post, I describe the stage from Tashkent in Uzbekistan to Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan.…
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From Samarkand to Tashkent
Deutsch unten – täglicher Bericht auf PolarSteps! 中文下边 – PolarSteps 每日报告 ! I am often asked whether I can still continue walking through this world when war seems to be everywhere and danger appears omnipresent. “No,” I reply, “most places are actually peaceful.” Where does this difference in perception come from? I believe it stems from the constant…
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Samarkand & Hiking the Hisar Mountains: A Journey through Snow and Culture
The mountain walk from Duschanbe to Samarkand